As long as we’re on painful subjects, on the new faith and work blog The Green Room I’ve started a new series of posts on physical suffering and work.

God loves us and made us for work, so that we could love him and each other through our work. But in a fallen world love is hard. To love God and neighbor in our broken condition is to endure suffering. That we do so willingly, rejoicing in the Lord, and that we are willing to forego work for the Lord as well, is how we know “God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.”

New installments in the series will come roughly every two weeks until I can’t stand to write about pain any more. Your thoughts are welcome!